It kind of looks “kinda” like the MMORPG called: Tibia, Sort of.. well the first version that is, and yes in tibia ya gotta use ur imagination when fighting monsters, they just stand face to face and “poff” poff” at eachother like “dustclouds”..

I was just watching this video again and I think I know why the password system is so screwed up. You mentioned that it was originally a PC game before it was ported to Nintendo. I bet the save and load options actually saved to disc on the PC version but they had to adapt it for a password system when they ported it. That isn’t an excuse for why they did such a bad job of it, but I’m almost positive that explains the confusing menu choices.

I wonder if you will review some more Genesis games. They had some good rpgs on there you might like, shining force 1 &2 and Phantasy Star 3&4.
Another one that I remember a little bit was Traysia but it can get a little redundant.

I thought this was a good simple review, the only thing I didnt like about it was the little PSA about drugs. Not to say I dont agree but it kinda felt like a message you attempted to force into your review.

wait what? you lose with drugs? that doesn’t make sense, if that were true then how come for every sporting event you have to be tested for drugs? most drugs improve your skills.

it is total propaganda that alcohol is less damaging then drugs, coming from the Netherlands i can honestly say that i rather hang out with people that smoke weed then people that get drunk.
drunk people misbehave a lot more then stoned people.

there are so many misconceptions about weed in America, like it makes you dumb, most of my friends actually start to think in philosophical ways about life.
or that it slows your reaction speed, i beat Ninja gaiden while smoking so that is not true.
or that it is a gateway drug, this is what i hate the most, i have smoked weed for over 13 years now and the only other drug i use is alcohol.

Weed might be illegal in America but whenever i talk to Americans on Xbox live they are either smoking weed or have smoked it, all i need to say is that i am from the Netherlands and they start talking about weed.
this isn’t like once or twice but more like 9 out of 10 people i encounter.

the fact that a lot of old Nintendo games actually have a screen that says don’t use drugs just pissed me off my entire life cause apparantly weed and games go together like wheels on a car.

It’s not “makes you dumb” it’s “decreases brain efficiency” as in things like spelling and mathematics become more difficult. Also one case of a person not going on to other drugs from weed does not disprove that weed is a gateway drug whereas just about every other person who has used it’s trying other drugs does prove the theory. But then again you smoke weed so your lack of brain efficiency probably led to your misconceptions about misconceptions.

You can thank the war on drugs and Nancy-Fucking-Reagan-Just-Say-No for all of those PSAs in the 80s. Since you’re from the Netherlands, you don’t have the same anti-drug culture that Americans are indoctrinated with…and I imagine you probably didn’t grow up in the 80s either…so…I’m sure most of this stuff is lost on you.

Another good review, though I gotta say I was worried when you were complained about not seeing yourself attack or any of that “older RPG” shticks that stuck for a bit before the modern RPG era set in. You showed clips of DnD, so of course you know where these antics came from- seemed like filler and fishing for complaints that wasn’t only prevalent in this older RPG. Though, this is the fellow critic in me and I love that you haven’t declined a bit since the early days.

I would deffinatally buy an AVGN action figure if I ever spot one in a store; mostly because I’m lazy to actually make one.

If there’s anything I hate about this game (besides the gameplay) is it’s ripping-off of Raiders March. The jack@$$es who programed this game should have gotten a lawsuit from Lucasfilm after this game came out.

“You might as well reach into a dog’s @$$hole, ’cause all you’re gonna find is $h!t.” XD

I have to agree with hackvcs. You should get out there and do a review of at least Super Hydlide, what with the fact that you need to make the hero eat. What kind of dumb@$$ hero doesn’t eat on his own?

“the fact that a lot of old Nintendo games actually have a screen that says don’t use drugs just pissed me off my entire life cause apparantly weed and games go together like wheels on a car.”

that’s true and very funny… I had no idea that any Nintendo game ever contained a screen like that. It’s a silly idea, it doesn’t tell a child anything about drugs except that a lot of people have started using them. The war on drugs has turned out to be an advertising campaign for them, with higher use than ever.

I wonder if we asked gamers from that era, who remember seeing the screen? Most would be pot smokers or other drug users. It’s the only effect it has on anyone.

You know, I always thought the same thing about the first zelda. The first time I played it I was like wtf? and no one else had the game (since my generation had the SNES and the N64), so I didnt end up beating it till many years later when my mom let me go on the internet. That’s why I think The Adventures of Link is a much better game. It’s self-explanatory. Harder in terms of fighting, but I liked that. The clues were much better, and I felt smart solving them. In the first Zelda i was left in awe with some clues… I would wonder around and something would happen and then I would put 2 + 2 together.

Back in the day man we’d all get together and work on zelda. The original zelda is a fantastic game because it maximizes the gameplay to the fullest extent possible. Once you figure out you can burn bushes it’s a quest to find all the tree covered rooms same with bombs on the walls. Once game genie came out I finally beat it late one night at 1am.

I’m sure this has been said before but, they made a sequel to it. Maybe it was just a reproduction of Hydlide though. Virtual Hydlide for Sega Saturn. I would love to see a review done on that, haha. Cause ya know, they didn’t say enough with Hydlide.

I just bought this game today for $2.99, and I have to say you were playing the game all wrong. You didnt actually have to write the password down every single time you wanted to “save”. “Save” does just that, it creates a save state that you can “Load” everytime you die. The password is just for when you want to turn the game off.

@ShakeyOwnz508 I love all his videos. The only point I was trying to make was that it seemed to be an unfair review only for the fact he didn’t understand the mechanics of the game. I was in no way bashing him or his reviews.

@PlasmuhBeam That’s what happens when specific games in a series get overhyped, kids jump on the bandwagon.

Same thing happened with Mass Effect 2.

AdamBettcher

March 23, 2012 at 3:53 am

@PlasmuhBeam not trying to question anyone on this because i have no idea so i was wondering how it was a fore father to the elder scrolls series. Never knew that little fact so if you could tell me that would be great thanks.

SkylerBrier

March 28, 2012 at 8:14 pm

@AdamBettcher theyre nothing alike compared to hydlide XD anyways im still focused on getting to the games before oblivion, ive gotta find it eventually :3 first up, possibly daggerfall

@shidow1123 Shut you fucking mouth about “Brain efficiency” your preaching to the choir. Your nothing but another naiive steryotype trying to make themselves sound smart by using bullshit phrases like brain eficiency. Im not going to mention anything about marijuanna because it appears you know nothing about the topic and are severly close minded, and your speach was riddled with “misconceptions”. Due to your inadequate testicular efficiency.

ShakeyOwnz508 is correct. He misunderstood the Save feature. AVGN should go back and do a “corrections” video, where he fixes the mistakes he made in prior videos, like the one with Castlevania and the Nitro/Mandragora.